Position Details: Hartford Hospital is seeking a Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner to join their Neurocritical Care team! The Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) are part of a multidisciplinary team that plans and delivers care for critical neuroscience patients with a focus on those with neurological and neurosurgical diseases and related disorders. Our critical patient population includes complex strokes, skull base surgery, status epilepticus, tumor resections, spinal cord injury, DBS, and other complex diseases. The APPs rotate in the intensive care unit and stepdown units.
Role: Open to Physician Assistants or Acute Care Nurse Practitioners
Location: 80 Seymour Street, Hartford, 06102
Setting: Inpatient, Critical Care, Neurocritical care
Schedule: Full-time, rotating.
Premium differentials offered. Call schedule: No call
Ayer Neuroscience Institute The Ayer Neuroscience Institute is a rapidly expanding Institute with a focus on comprehensive patient care, academics, and research. The Institute enjoys the resources of a system committed to excellence in patient quality and experience and boasts an impressive staff of world class Neuroscience leaders which includes over 200 Neuroscience physicians and advanced practitioners. Join a team with training and expertise in the areas of vascular neurology, neuro-oncology, neuromuscular neurology, movement disorders, epilepsy, headache and pain management, cognitive neurology, neurosurgery, neuro ophthalmology and general neurology!
Hartford HealthCare supports Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants in practice: • Dedicated support and voice for our for Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants through the
Office of Advanced Practice directed by Sarah Clark, MBA, MHS, PA-C, BSN, RN, System Director of Advanced Practice
• Hartford HealthCare is one of the largest,
non-profit, fully-integrated healthcare systems providing patient care in the state, allowing our providers to care for their patients no matter where they reside in Connecticut
• With tools like
EPIC, Hartford HealthCare's state of the art clinical and informatics technology promotes improved patient outcomes, streamlined continuity of care and superior provider satisfaction
Nurse Practitioner and Physician Assistants Role Scope: Under established guidelines and in collaboration and/or supervision with the practice physician(s), Advanced Practitioners perform routine physical examinations, and formulate medical, educational, and psychosocial plans to treat patients.
In consultation with the physician(s) and care team members, Advanced Practitioners develop plans for further evaluation of health needs, e.g., referral to other health team members or specialists.
Advanced Practitioners provide appropriate treatment for problems within the scope of the provider's practice as designated by protocols and identifies problems outside of their scope of practice and refers appropriately to physician.
Qualifications: Requirements: •
Licensure: Unrestricted State of Connecticut Medical License (or eligible)
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Training: Certified or board-eligible Physician Assistant or Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
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Experience: 1+ years in an acute care/neurocritical care setting
Interested candidates please contact Jennifer Straka, Advanced Practice Recruiter, at
[email protected] .
This is a salaried position. While compensation is presented as an hourly rate for consistency across our postings, this position is paid on a salary basis. The hiring range reflects a good faith estimate of pay for this position as of the posting date. Actual pay will be determined based on qualifications, location, internal equity, and other factors that may include hire bonuses, incentive pay plans, loan repayment, administrative stipends, or relocation. 
